How many miles do you have on your vehicle?

265,000 on my 1995 Toyota 4 runner. May she go another 265,000. She drags a trailer every day, too.
 
When i bought my truck about 5 or 6 years ago, it had 177,xxx on it. It currently sits at about 204, 500ish. I hope to see 4 or 5 hundred on it before i get rid of her.

1994 F-150 I6 4 speed OD trans.
 
How many miles do I have on my bikes?

I don't know but the engine has 5 daze short of 47 years on it.
 
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stuwee said:
How many miles do you have on your vehicle?
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Nissan Pulsar 1985 SGS 1.5 litre 5 door hatch: 538,XXX Kilometres, ???miles.
Fully reconditioned engine. High gear ratios. Gears 4 and 5 are both overdrive ratios.

Toyota Corolla 1989 XL 1.3 litre 5 door wagon: 252,XXX Kilometres, ???miles.

Both cars are 5 speed manual. Cassette stereo.

No electric windows. No EFI or computers. No power steering. No air bags, No ABS brakes.
 
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BubbaH said:
It currently sits at about 204, 500ish.
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Almost 1 year later my truck is at 210,xxx.

The Ford Escape had 247,xxx last year when we bought it, it now has 262,xxx.
 
CASSETTE DECK said:
Is it safe to assume that's miles since miles are generally used in USA, and kilometers are generally used in Canada and Mexico?
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I'm pretty sure Ron was quoting miles. We're (USA) one of the last hold outs from converting to the metric system - unless you're a scientist, engineer, physicist etc... Too bad we didn't convert when Canada did - the Jimmy Carter administration wanted to convert the US to metric but the cost was huge and there was a lot of push back and political back lash as I remember. For a while some of our mileage road signs had both miles and klicks - I still see a few to this day. I like the base 10 system.
 
In the oilfield it would be a wreck. All stretch data, fishing and compression data is all in english...
 
laatsch55 said:
In the oilfield it would be a wreck. All stretch data, fishing and compression data is all in english...
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Yeah - the tip of the ice berg. Base 10 is so much easier but the cost to convert would be so much that I don't have a clue how long it would take to get a return on the investment. I'm sure that it's a long ass time though.
 
laatsch55 said:
Amen Dennis..
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That's why I hoped that we'd convert back in the mid 70's like Canada did - it would have been costly but in the long run we'd be in sync with the rest of the world. The expense today would be tremendous - no clue how much but an ass ton would not cover it.
 
NavLinear said:
I'm pretty sure Ron was quoting miles. We're (USA) one of the last hold outs from converting to the metric system - unless you're a scientist, engineer, physicist etc... Too bad we didn't convert when Canada did - the Jimmy Carter administration wanted to convert the US to metric but the cost was huge and there was a lot of push back and political back lash as I remember. For a while some of our mileage road signs had both miles and klicks - I still see a few to this day. I like the base 10 system.
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I prefer metric measurements, but it's helpful to become reasonably conversant with both imperial and metric measurements.
It's surprising how often you have to be able to translate, even in a country that has converted to metric measurements a few decades ago.
An inch is equivalent to 25.08 millimeters, very close to 2.5 centimeters. Ten centimeters is almost exactly four inches. That one is easy to remember.
 
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